The Canal & River Trust charity is encouraging Sefton residents to join in with new creative arts projects and walking and paddling activities this autumn
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Author: Mark Lancaster
Mark started life on two wheels aged 8 on a Mobylette in his Grandfather's back garden. It was in the blood; Mark's Great Uncles raced sidecars at the TT, once finishing 5th. His Grandfather was a speedway rider. As for Mark, he once held a licence to race motorcycles in Italy, has completed the 'Iron Biker' challenge around the Alps and one day wants to ride around the entire coastline of the UK on a motorcycle..
Salford regeneration scheme wins top national award
A restoration scheme to revitalise one of Salford’s most historic sites has won a top national award Worsley Delph was the birthplace of the Bridgewater
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First Ever Community Day this Sunday 19 September at the Southampton International Boat Show
• Community Day offers discount tickets for SO14 to SO19 postcodes• Opportunities to get afloat• Treasure hunt for kids• Take part in the Great Southampton
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Open days at the Leicester Trader
LEICESTER Trader, Newark’s very own museum of life on the river will hold its last open days of the season this weekend (Saturday and Sunday
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RESUMED BARGE TRAFFIC TO LEEDS FROM HULL IS VERY OPPORTUNE, SAYS CBOA
The Commercial Boat Operators Association is delighted that barge traffic carrying marine dredged aggregates has re-started from Hull to Leeds. The 500 tonnes capacity barges
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Canal life – cut and dried
By Deena Ingham CANALS were originally transport routes, around which an entire supply industry built up to meet the needs of the boats and boaters.
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CANAL CHARITY PREPARES TO WELCOME BACK SHEFFIELD WATERFRONT FESTIVAL THIS WEEKEND
Final preparations are underway for the return of Sheffield Waterfront Festival this Saturday, September 18. For the first time, the festival will be held at
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Canal revealed for first time in a century
HARDWORKING volunteers are rediscovering a former waterway which has been hidden for more than a century. The Wilts & Berks Canal Trust is clearing a
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Hanging around the Dundas Aqueduct
A SPECIALIST abseiling team has been working with the Canal & River Trust to repair the historic Grade I listed Dundas Aqueduct on the Kennet
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Heritage Open Days – Tardebigge
Come for a guided walk around the top lock section of the Tardebigge canal flight on the 18th and 19th of September 2021. A snapshot
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SHORT TALES ABOUT LONG TAILS
Sue Day’s adventures of 40 years of horsedrawn boating on canals What: Heritage Open Day 2021 – Horseboating on Britain’s CanalsWhere: The Museum Green, outside
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PULLING STRATFORD BACK TO THE MIDLANDS
Once upon a time, a 22’ riveted iron maintenance boat lay abandoned and sunk at the bottom of the disused Stratford Canal. When the canal
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LICHFIELD CANAL TRUST REVIVES BROWNHILLS FESTIVAL
Brownhills Canal Festival is back! Last held in 2019, this year’s Festival has been organised by Lichfield and Hatherton Canals Restoration Trust and will take
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SHAKESPEARE MARINA WELCOMES YOU TO ITS OPEN DAY
Stratford-upon-Avon’s brand new, 250 berth Shakespeare Marina is welcoming potential customers to its first Open Day on Saturday 11th September 2021. From 11am until 4pm,
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